Final Cut Pro 4 and G5 Dual

Just thought I would post this thread, as I haven't seen any Dual G5 users reporting on use with FCP4. This thing is SO AWESOME. I haven't gotten to do too much editing since I got my comp, but the few tests I ran made my jaw drop.

I was planning to compare the render times to my iMac 800 running fcp 3, but I couldn't, because for everything I tried, there was almost NO RENDERING. I tried easily a dozen effects with no red bars in the timeline. In fact, the only time I had to render was for audio (strangely enough).

I've got a project happening over the weekend, and I will check in with results afterwards. If anyone has any specific tests they want me to do with FCP 4 on my Dual G5 (w/ stock 512 RAM), please let me know. I'd be glad to do them.

why are doing any compositing in FCP? are you using Boris? we just got our dualie G5 and with Boris and OpenGL it is just stupid about how true the RT is. I always thought RT was an oxymoron until last week. i would be interested in hearing more views on the subject - please email me!!!!

Originally posted by advres why are doing any compositing in FCP? are you using Boris? we just got our dualie G5 and with Boris and OpenGL it is just stupid about how true the RT is. I always thought RT was an oxymoron until last week. i would be interested in hearing more views on the subject - please email me!!!!

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Why wouldn't you do any compositing in FCP? That's one of FCP's selling points.

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